Week 10 · U6
Festival, game day and leadership
Objectives — what the players will do
- 1Play a mini World Cup with team names and celebrations
- 2Lead something today: a cheer, a team, or teaching a favorite game
- 3Finish the season smiling and wanting more soccer
Play 1 — starts when the second player arrives
Upside-Down Cone Chaos
Scatter cones everywhere, half standing and half flipped. Two teams, every player dribbling a ball: one team dribbles to cones and flips them UP, the other flips them DOWN. One noisy minute, count the cones, play again. Perfect arrival energy for festival day.
Practice — the one taught activity of the night
Kids' Choice Reload
The players vote for their favorite game of the whole season — Red Light Green Light, Sharks and Minnows, Escape the Den, Monster in the Goal — and you play it one more time. The winners explain the rules to everyone before you start: little leaders in action. Their season, their pick, their rules (almost).
Play two shorter favorites instead of one long one so every vote wins.
The kids coach it — they explain the rules and call the game while you play in it.
Play 2 — always finish playing the real game
Mini World Cup Finals
Short 4v4 games; teams pick country names, choose a captain for each game, and invent a team cheer. Everyone plays every game and everyone captains at least once. Finish with awards for everyone: best trick, best helper, best chase-back, bravest builder, best leader, loudest cheer.
Key coaching points — in your own words
- ·Today the only rule is FUN.
- ·Name your team and make up your cheer!
- ·Leaders cheer loudest for their friends.
- ·Cheer every goal on every field.
- ·Tell each player one thing they got better at this season.
Keep a fun tournament scoreboard for teams that love counting.
Drop the scores completely — just games, medals, and music.
Game-day focus — watch for this on Saturday
Celebration mode: every player rotates through every diamond spot one last time, every player leads the line for high-fives, every player gets cheered by name, and the season ends with high-fives all around.
Message to forward to your parents
That is a wrap on the season — thank you for every ride, cheer, and snack. Every player led something this week: a cheer, a team, a favorite game. Your kids grew so much, and we would love to see them back next season. Come join the high-five tunnel on Saturday!
This week's two videos
Every session is Play-Practice-Play: kids play from the moment they arrive, you teach ONE thing in the middle, then they play again. Watch the prep video the night before — the activity video is that middle PRACTICE part.
Run Better Rec Soccer Practices!
Watch the night before to understand the idea
Watch before your first March session — this is the blueprint for a fun, high-touch practice that matches our Play-Practice-Play method. Lift the structure wholesale: arrive-and-play, short game-based activities, finish with the game. Layer the dribbling theme into every activity rather than coaching it in isolation.
Watch on YouTube9 Animal-Themed Soccer Drills for U6 and U8 Kids | Soccer Coaching by MOJO
Your PRACTICE part — the one thing you teach mid-session
Nine ready-to-run animal games that deliver maximum touches while the players think they are just playing. Watch before Week 1 and lift two or three straight into your Play-Practice-Play openers. This is IGNITE at U8: fitness and ball mastery disguised as fun.
Watch on YouTube